1. أَصبَحَ اليَومَ أَيرُ عَم

    مارٍ قَد قامَ وَاِسبَطَر

    Today Ammar's cock

    has already risen and stretched erect.

  2. أَخَذَ الرِزقَ فَاِستَشا

    طَ قِياماً مِنَ البَطَر

    It took sustenance, then flared

    up erect out of wanton pride.

  3. فَهُوَ اليَومَ كَالشّظا

    ظِ مِنَ النَّعطِ وَالأَشَر

    So today it is like a wooden peg,

    from erection and wantonness.

  4. يَترُكُ القِرنَ في المَكَر

    رِ صَريعاً وَما فَتَر

    It leaves its rival in the fray

    struck down, and it has not slackened.

  5. يُشرِعُ العودَ لِلطَعا

    نِ إِذا اِنصاعَ ذو الخَوَر

    It levels its rod for thrusting

    when the feeble one turns away.

  6. سَلمَ نِعمَ الضَّجيعُ أَن

    تِ لَنا لَيلَةَ الخَصَر

    Salma, what a fine bedfellow you

    are for us on the chilly night—

  7. لَيلَةَ الرَّعدِ وَالبُرو

    قِ مَعَ الغَيمِ وَالمَطَر

    the night of thunder and lightning,

    with clouds and rain.

  8. لَيتَني قَد لَقيتُكُم

    في خَلاءٍ مِنَ البَشَر

    If only I had met you

    in a place empty of people,

  9. فَنَشَرنا حَديثَنا

    عِندَكُم كُلَّ مُنتَشَر

    and we had unfolded our talk

    there with you, far and wide,

  10. خالِياً لِيلَةَ التَّما

    مِ بِسَلمى إِلى السَحَر

    alone on the night of the full moon,

    with Salma until just before dawn.

  11. فَهيَ كَالدُرَّةِ النَقِي

    يَةِ وَالوَجهُ كَالقَمَر

    For she is like a pure pearl,

    and her face is like the moon.